The Great Gummi Bear Hunt

Friday evening was a perfect time for shooting. No wind, no sun, light overcast, no rain. Also almost no one else at the range! I set a target at 100m with 5 gummi bears attached to a piece of 10mm plywood and settled down.

First shot was for sighting, it was good.

Second shot tagged a gummi's right ear.

Third shot tagged another gummi's right ear.

Fourth shot blew the head off of the gummi. But, that was not all.

It took me about 10 minutes to find the headless gummi bear. It had been blown sideways to the target. In person you can see where the head has been cleanly severed by the bullet for about 2/3 the thickness of the gummi. However, the remaining 1/3 is raggedly torn backwards.

I am still waiting for a call from my physics friend, but it appears that the gelatin in the gummi bears, under great pressure - such as a 50gr bullet moving at over 4,000 feet per second, creates an explosive force! Yes, just the head of the gummi blew a 6cm hole through the plywood!

Go figure.........